Sjoerd Stuart Kegel

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Venus’s atmosphere is a time capsule under pressure. Noble gases, isotopes, and trace chemistry can tell us whether Venus followed a fundamentally different path from Earth, or whether it began more clement and then changed profoundly over time. DAVINCI will provide the answers!

Reality check: this paper is theory + spectroscopy. NOT an experimental gate demo. @QuantinuumQC's current system (Helios) runs on Ba-137. Y+ is 5-10 years from product. IonQ's chip + photonic interconnect bets (Lightsynq, SkyWater) don't depend on ion choice. But the Architecture Wars just got hotter 🔥

18 days until $IONQ's Q1 earnings report (May 6). $IONQ #QuantumComputing The guidance math is brutal — in the best way. Q1 guided: $49.5M midpoint. FY2026 guided: $235M midpoint. That leaves $185.5M for Q2-Q4 combined — roughly $61.8M per quarter. Q4 2025 actual: $43.1M. That means IonQ's back-half run rate needs to be 43% above its most recent quarter. Every single quarter. No pure-play quantum company has ever publicly committed to a revenue ramp this steep. SkyWater fab revenue hasn't even started yet. If the vote clears May 8, it layers on top of this already-aggressive ramp. This isn't optimistic guidance padded with disclaimers. This is a company telling you what the contract pipeline already looks like. That's not a forecast. That's a signed order book wearing a forward estimate's clothes. investors.ionq.com/news/news-deta…

@marcvanderchijs What are you doing for your kids, any suggestions how to help them understand this?

Because of the exponential growth of AI capabilities and AI agents, the digital divide is growing faster than ever before. If you just use AI as a search engine, you have to spend a few hours to dive in deeper. Today, not next week or month. I think at least 70% of office jobs can now be done by agents. Maybe not 100%, but to the point that 1 person can do the work of 20 humans by managing a swarm of agents. Learn how to automate your own job before others do it for you, it’s easier than you think with tools like Claude Cowork (and that should make you scared!).

@huibmodderkolk Niet waar - onderdeel van een grootschalige nationale oefening, genaamd ISIDOOR. ChipSoft is op dit moment niet echt gehackt.

NIEUWS: ChipSoft, de belangrijkste softwareleverancier voor de zorg, is slachtoffer geworden van een hack met gijzelsoftware. Het interne netwerk is versleuteld. ChipSoft levert zorgsystemen aan 70 procent van de Nederlandse ziekenhuizen. volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achterg…

The UK has pledged £2 billion for quantum innovation, reinforcing quantum computing’s accelerating maturity. Governments are increasingly treating it as strategic infrastructure, with an emphasis on commercialization, real-world deployment, and stronger domestic quantum ecosystems. Quantum is entering the phase where execution, adoption, and practical value matter as much as scientific progress. Global competitiveness is on the line. #QuantumComputing #UKTech

Anecdotally I have noticed many Americans moving here to tech roles in the past 18 months. Many of them echo the sentiment in this.

🚨 Today in @Nature, we report GEMINI—a genetically encoded intracellular memory device that writes cellular dynamics into tree-ring-like fluorescent patterns within cytoplasmic protein assemblies.[1/n] nature.com/articles/s4158…

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When fighter said he’s going to training camp in Thailand

Een bakje aardbeien, krop sla of watermeloen; aan de buitenkant zie je niet of er pesticiden op zitten. ⚠️ Daarom kwam PAN NL eerder dit jaar met een ranglijst zodat je in één oogopslag ziet waar doorgaans de meeste (en minste) #pesticiden op zitten. hetkanwel.nl/pesticiden-gro…

This is an absolute must-read by Singaporean diplomat @mahbubani_k who proposes a path forward for Europe: foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/18/eur… First of all, he argues that "Brussels has slavishly followed Washington for too long" and that European leaders have become so pathetic that "they are licking the boots that are kicking them in the face." He says that it is shocking, and even a display of "infantile strategic thinking", that "Europeans didn’t anticipate the quagmire they’re in". They based "all European strategic thinking on the best-case scenario of the United States being a totally reliable ally", despite the US's proven history of being anything but. To him, "the only way to restore Europe’s geopolitical standing is to consider three unthinkable options": 1) "Europe should announce its willingness to quit NATO" He argues that "a Europe that is forced to spend 5 percent on defense is a Europe that doesn’t need the United States", given that this "amounts to $1.1 trillion", which is more than the U.S.'s own defense spending. This is exactly right: why exactly would Europe remain under subservience to the U.S. if it increases its military budget, as Trump wishes it to? And also, why would it spend this budget on U.S. equipment when it can use it to prop up its own economy? It makes no sense. 2) "Work out a new grand strategic bargain with Russia" He dismisses the false notion that "Russia represents a real security threat to the EU countries" and effectively proposes to out-Trump Trump: why let him work out a grand strategic bargain at the expense of Europe, when Europe can negotiate "fair compromise with [Russia], respecting current borders between Russia and the EU and a realistic compromise on Ukraine that doesn’t threaten either side’s core interests"? If a grand bargain is on the cards, Europe has evidently much more to lose by letting Trump negotiate it. And much more to gain by negotiating it themselves too: after all Russia is their neighbor, not the U.S.'s... 3) "Work out a new strategic compact with China" Mahbubani writes that when push comes to shove the only reason for the downturn in EU-China relations is because "the Europeans foolishly believed that a slavish loyalty to American geopolitical priorities would lead to rich geopolitical dividends for them." But instead "they have been kicked in the face." He also points out that "China can help the EU deal with its real long-term geopolitical nightmare: the demographic explosion in Africa." And that "unless Africa develops its economies, there will be a surge of African migrants into Europe." As such "Europeans should welcome any foreign investment in Africa that creates jobs" and not, as they're currently doing "shooting themselves in the foot by criticizing and opposing China’s investment in Africa" (which he says "demonstrates how naive long-term European strategic thinking has become"). To conclude he reiterates that "Brussels is sacrificing its own strategic interests to serve American interests in the hope that geopolitical subservience would lead to rewards", but "clearly, it hasn’t." Europe should draw the right lessons and "carry out the currently unthinkable option: Declare that henceforth it will be a strategically autonomous actor on the world stage that will put its own interests first. Trump may finally show some respect for Europe if it does that." Nothing to add, he nails it!

My blood pressure goes up whenever I’m on Twitter. It gets better when I go on Bluesky. Every single time. 🦋

So I have created a bluesky account ...

These have undoubtedly been the wildest 72 hours in French politics in my lifetime. Pretty incredible stuff. A 🧵

Ga Je Mee? Studiereis China Van De 21e Eeuw mailchi.mp/3b698f2c3312/g…

Bluey and Cocomelon are 2 of the 5 most streamed shows in the world. The creative processes for these kid shows are so different: Bluey is written by a single person for kids AND parents. Cocomelon is engagement hacking “data-driven” slop. I explain here:readtrung.com/p/why-i-love-b…

Why are things on Temu so cheap? Many people complain that it must be because of shoddy quality. Indeed, sometimes the quality is questionable. But often, the products are fine and identical to what you'll find on Amazon. Other people come with unfounded claims of child labour, sales of your data, and other creepy explanations. Fine click-bait that fits with the China bias and thus makes for great viral content ... However, very few people have actually made an effort to understand the business model behind Temu. It's easier to dismiss them. That's what they did in China when Pinduoduo, the company behind Temu, launched its domestic app about eight years ago. With a comparable business model, they became the third biggest e-commerce platform in China, chewing away at Alibaba's market share. Yesterday, I delivered a training session to a big global conglomerate. We spent a substantial amount of time on cross-border e-commerce. This is a little clip from that session in which I explain in a few minutes how products can be so cheap on Temu.